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~ ~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ REC 999 ~E1VVEh EIVE~ ' STONE CRl/SH/NG QFF~G~ SAN 2 5 24600 CO[/NTY ROAD P 1998 ~•~.rrMr~als b9Y DOLORES, COLOR.4D0 87323 6 ~~ Te%phone (970) 565-2603 22 January 1998 Division of Minerals & Geology 1313 Sherman Street, 21 S Centennial Bldg Denver, Colorado 80203 Attention: Michael B. Long, Director Subject: File N~ M 97-089, "Stone Gravel Pit" 112 Application, R T B of 22 Dec 97 Deaz Mr. Long: Based upon the verbal report we received that your 22 Dec 97 "reason to believe a violation exists" has been rescinded, regarding Daren Stone's limited exploration backhoe testpits at the Stone Grave] Pit 112 Permit application site, 1 am withdrawing my request for a Board Declaratory Order hearing for the 28 - 29 January 1998 Board Meeting. Under the circumstances we would ask that Mr. Stone's notice of intent and fee be returned as soon as possible. Regarding the 20 Jan 98 written comments of Mr. Travis E. Stills, Attorney for protesters Bell, Morris, and Emerson, we wish to point out that our 26 Dec 97 response to the Division adequacy letter including map revisions was only clarification of the intent of the mining plans. The azea affected by operations did not change, but was more completely embellished to satisfy complaints that the remaining staged units of mining were not adequately depicted within the shown mining area. Additional dialog, repeating the same method of operation in each of the successive mining units, we thought to be redundant and unnecessarily boring. We consider a month's time for reflection on the clarification to be adequate for Mr. Stills, et a!. A further delay in the issue of the permit by postponing the scheduled hearing would place an extreme hardship on the applicant. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration in these matters. Sincerely, d. ~~ Douglas L. Conger, Geologist Agent for the Applicant Copy to: DMG-Durango cc: file; DLC